What's Up Wednesday

This week...

My current WIP (work in progress): I had a much better week this week. I revised 40 pages which is double of what I was able to accomplish last week.

Quote of the week: "Stop wishing. Start doing." ~ Unknown.  I think this applies to so many things people want to change or to start doing.

What I'm reading: I finished Suzanne Brockmann's Do or Die: Reluctant Heroes over the weekend and haven't started a new book yet. I've been reading a variety of magazines my sister passed on to me.

Random things: It's warmed up to the low to mid 40's in my area with lots of sun. When I got home from the day job yesterday, I heard the birds chirping and singing. Just hearing those birds brightened my day. It reinforced the knowledge that spring is finally on the way. Finally. It's been a long, cold, snowy, winter. 

Random Photo of the Week:

 

 This is something I need to remember. Sometimes I look back and 

wonder what would have happened if things turned out differently.

What's Up Wednesday

This week...

My current WIP (work in progress):  This week I managed to get about 20 pages revised. While it's not as much as I wanted to get done, it's progress. I'm still trying to find the writing time I had before.

Quote of the week: "You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great." ~ Zig Zagler  I look this quote whenever I'm feeling I'm too tired or have too much to do to sit down and write.

What I'm reading: I'm still reading Do or Die: Reluctant Heroes by Suzanne Brockmann from last week. It's about 588 pages and between the longer hours at the day job and trying to get editing done on my manuscript, I don't have enough time to read as I seemed to have before.

Random things: February in my area was the coldest month ever with average of 12.4 degrees for the month. It broke the record for the coldest February in my area that was set in 1934.

Random Photo of the Week: 

I can't wait until this is what I'll see when I look out the window. I'm very tired of the gray days and constant snow storms.

What's Up Wednesday

This week...

My current WIP (work in progress): This week I didn't write any new pages, but instead worked on revisions for a book I completed last year. I've started working longer hours at my day job and am definitely missing the writing time I had before. I'm trying to figure out how to fit in some decent writing time into my new schedule.

Quote of the week: "It is perfectly okay to write garbage—as long as you edit brilliantly." ~ C. J. Cherryh  I tell myself this every time I start a new manuscript.

What I'm reading: Do or Die: Reluctant Heroes by Suzanne Brockmann. I'm a big Suzanne Brockmann fan and read almost everything she writes.

Random things: My mom and I went to see the touring production of Million Dollar Quartet at our local "Broadway" theater. I bought the tickets for her for Christmas and she asked me to accompany her instead of a friend. I enjoyed the show and would recommend it to anyone who likes Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash.

Random Photo of the Week: 

Not a photo, but inspiring none-the-less.

Rationing Pages

Have you ever read a book that you were enjoying so much that you didn't want it to end?

I've had that happen a few times over the years. The story is so engrossing, I loved the characters and/or identified with them and what they were going through that I wished the story would continue and never end.When I come across these types of books, I find myself rationing the pages once I get to the halfway point. Part of me wants to read as much as I can so I can see how the story ends, the part of also wants to make the book last as long as possible because I'm enjoying it so much.

One such book was Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster. In this case, I just loved the writing and the story itself. It was one of those books that you just can't put down and when you have to, you try to figure out how soon you can pick it back up again.

Another book was Lethal by Sandra Brown. A romantic suspense novel that keeps you on the edge of your seat from the very beginning.

Right now, I'm reading Do or Die by Suzanne Brockmann. The book has approx. 558 pages and I'm a little more than halfway through. I'm almost fighting with myself because I want to keep reading, but I know if I do, I'll be done with the book and have to say goodbye to the characters.

Have you read a book that you found yourself wishing it wouldn't end? What was the title?